Seriously. He's a very bright and articulate libertarian. He will likely not become president, but who better to make the case over the next year or so. I think the insanity of it all (a Nevadan cannot conveniently, if legally, sit at home on his computer and place a $5 wager on the Broncos) would tickle him. This truly is about freedom, and about limiting freedom for the wrong sorts of reasons. Just a thought.
Ron Paul sounds too good to be true. He is the kind of person we need in office, not another talking head from the Bush administration or Hillary Clinton. I believe he's genuine in his positions, the gambling stuff really is just the icing on the cake. I think we'd be better off with him.
I encourage anyone who hasn't already to at least read the guys website, compare his views to some of the others out there, at least give him a shot and follow him some.
Is a stupid law that does not work ...people is still playing online ...is like the Dry Law back in the 20's, sooner or later they'll to understand that the U.S Goverment is losing money.
Many States already use gambling money to help their budgets through lotteries, race tracks and slot machines.
I think the Vegas books would love having regulated and licensed books and have the software ready to start it up.
The problem continues to be the sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB) spending millions upon millions of dollars lobbying against it in congress to protect the "integrity" of their business.
While poker players have an organized lobbying effort to legalize on-line poker, they are willing to throw sportsbetting under the bus through "opt-out" clauses in their proposed legislation (Frank proposal) to try and appease the sports leagues; however, the sportsleagues are not biting.